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- ~~~"WE WILY. CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE 0F 0UE LIEEERTIES, A -?IT XUST tALLW ILP'S AIO H UN. SININS, DURIS0E &CO., Proprietors. EDuxEFIFELD, S. C.J E2,189VLMEXI-N.2. -12)-180 The:Deserted Wife. He comes not-I have watched the moon go dow And yet he comes not. Once it was not so, He thinks not how the bitter teard do flow The while he holds his riot in the town. Yet hi will-come and chide, and I shall weep, And'he will wake iMy infant from its sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. 0! how I love a.mothey'd watch to keep, Ovii those sleeping eyes; that smile which cheei My heart, though sunk in sorrow thick and deep SI had a husband once, who lved me-now He ever wears a frown upohl his brow. And feeds his passion on a wanton's lip, As bees from laurel Rowers a poison sip. But yet I cannot hate. 0 1 there were hours When I oculd hang forever on his eye, And Time; who stole with silent witness by, Strewed, as he hurried on, his path with Rower I loved him then-he, loved me, too. My heart $till finds its fondness kindle if he smile. The memory of our loves will ne'er depart; And though he often sting me with a dart, Venomed and barbed, and waste upon the vile Caesses which his babe and mine .should shart Though he should spurn me I calmly bear His madness: and should sickness come and la; Its paralyzing hand upon him, then I would with kindness all my wrongs repay, Until the penitent should weep, and say How injurediad how faithful I had been. SS i Good Spirits are Abroad. *. Good spirits are abroad !' We can trace their shining wings - By the impress they have left On all loving human'things; By the rising against wrong, And the struggle for the right, And the.dawning of the day - That shall chase the People's night, They are bearing mortals forward, On progression's rapid stream; bey-are marshalling the brave ones, And leaving drones to dream. Good spirits are abroad! - You may hoar their muster roll - It ringeth through'the land, Like alarum to the soul. %they are speaking in a voice - ..That grows stronger as they plead, For the guilty and misled, For the'little children's need. With a bold and strong endeavor They are acting out each scheme, They are marshalling the brave ones, And leaving drones to dream. They have still some holy task For the humblest of the land, Foi the feet that cannot tread The busy walks of life, For the gentle hearts at home, For the daughter, for the wife. Oh! each can help-his neighbor In the universal seheiae; Lat us mingle with the brave ones, And leave the drones to dream. Aa iuntcrttin . io THE INTREPID MOTHER. -o The diligence from Paris to Chalons stopped one evening, just after dark, some miles be yond the little town of Rouvray, to set down an Englih lady and her child at a lonely roadside auberge. Mrs. Martin expected to find a carriage ready to take her .to the Cha tean de Senart, a distance of some leagues, whither she was repairing on a visit, but was told that it had not yet arrived. *The landla dy, a tall, coarse looking woman, who showed her into the-vast hall that served at once as a sittingroom ahd kitchen, observed that the roads were so muddy and difficult at night there was little chance of her friend arnvman *before morning. "You had 'better, therefore," she said "~make up your mind to sleep here. We hav a good room to offeg you; and you will be more comfortable between a pair of clean warm sheets, than knocking about in on: rough country; especially as your dear chil seems sickly." -Mrs. Martin, though much fatigued by het journey, hesitated. A good night's rest waI certainly a tempting prospect, but she felt sc confident that her friends would not neglec her, that after a moment she replied: " Thanli yon madam, I will sit np'for an hour or so se is not late, and the carriage ma come afte: all. Should it not, I shall be gldof youi room, which you may prepare frme at anj rate." The hostess, who seemed anxious that het guest should not remain in the great fron room, suggested that a fire might be madi above ; but Mrs. Mi. found herself so comfort able where she was-a pile of faggots .wa blasingon the vast hearth-that she declhne' at first to move. Her daughter, about flvy years of age, soon went to sleep in her lap and she -herself found that whilst her ear were anxiously listening for' the roll. of car risge wheels, her eyes occasionaly closed, ani slumber began to- make itsnsidious ap proaches. In order to prevent herself from giving way she endeatored to direct her attention to the objects around. The aartment was vast and lighted more by the gare of the fire thar by the dirty candle stuck into a filthy candle stick that stood on one of the long tables Two or three huge beams stretched acress half way up the walls, leaving a space filled with. flitting shadows above. Froma these de p~ddeda rusty gun or-two, a sword, several -bags, banks of onions, cooking utensils, &e There were very few signs that the house was much visited, though a pile of empty wine bottles lay in one corner. The landlady sai at some distance from the fireplace with he: two sons, who laid their heads together and talkedin whispers. Mrs: Martin began to feel uneasy. The idea entered her. mind that she had fallen inte a resort'of robbes; and the words "C esl edl," .(itis she) which -was: all she heard oi the whizpere' conversation,' contributed tc alarm her. The door leading into the road was left ajar; and for a moment she felt ar: inclination to start up and escape on foot But she was far from any other habitation and if the people of the horise entertainec any evil designs her attempt would only pre cipitate the catastrophe.. Soshe resolved or patience, but listened -attentively fer the ap proach of her friends. All she heard was th< whistling of the wind and the dashing of the rai n, which had begun .to fall just after he: irival. -About -two hours passed in this uncamfor table way. At length the door was throwi opcn, and a man drin'g wet came in. Shb breathed more freey for this. new' come, might frustrate the evi designs of her heal ifhe entertained any.. He was a red-haire< ovial Iedlooking man, and inspired hea -:a ..01 bthalaka aesad ese . "A fine. night for walking," cried he, shak ing himself like a dog whohas scrambled out of a pond. "'What have you to give me? Salide messieurs et meadames. I am wet to the.skin. Hope I disturb nobody. Give me abottle of wine." Thehostess, in a surly, sleepy tone, told her eldest son to serve --the .gentleman, and then, addresiing Mrs. Martin, said : - "You see your friends will not come, and you are keeping us up to no purpose. You had better go to bed." "I will wait-a little longer," was the reply, which elicted a kind of shrug of contempt. " The red-haired man finished off his bottle s of wine, and then said: " Show me a room, good woman. I shall sleep here to-night." Mrs. Martin thought that as he pronounced these words he cast a protecting glance to wards her, and she felt'less repugnance at the idea of passing the night in that house. When, therefore, the red haired man, after a polite bow, went up stairs, she said that as her friends had not arrived, they might as well show her to a bed room. "I thought it iould come to that at last" said the landlady. " Pierre, take the lady's trunks up stairs." In a few minutes Mrs. Martin found herself .alode. in a spacious room, with a large fire -'burning on the hearth. Her -first care, after putting the child to bed, was to examine'the door, which closed, only by a latch. There was no bolt inside. She looked around' for something to barricade it with, and perceived a heavy chitst of drawers. Fear gave strength. She half lifted, half pushed it against :the door. Not content with this, she seized a. ta ble, to increase the strength of her defence. The leg was broken, and when she touched it, it fell with a crash to the floor. A liong echo went so nding through the house, and she felt her heart sink within her. Buti the echo died'away and no one came; 'so she piled the fragments of the table upon the chest of drawers. Tolerably satisfied in this direction, she proceeded to examine the windows. They were all well protected with iron bars. The walls.were papered, and, after careful exami nation seemed' to contain no visible signs of a secret door. Mrs. Martin now sank down into a.chair to reflect on her position. As was natural, after having taken all these rrecautions, the idea suggested itself that.it might be superfluous, and she smiled at the thought of what-her friends would say ihen she related to them the terrors of the night. Her child was sleep ing tranquility, its rosy cheeks half buried in the pillow. The fire had blazed up into a bright flame, while the unsnuffed candle burn ed dimly. The room was full of pale, trem bling shadows, but she had no superatitious fears. .Something positive could alone raise her alarm. She listened attentively, but could hear nothing but the howling of the wind over the roof, and the pattering of rain againt the window panes. As her excitement diminished, the fatigue-which had been* for Her heart leape inlo -t f4 and moment she seemed perfectly paralyzed. She had undressed and put out the candle$ when she accidentally dropped her watch. - -Stop ping to -pick it up, her eyes involuntarily glanced towards the bed. A -great mas of red hair, a hand and a gleaming knife,,were revealed by the light of the fire. After the first moment of terrible alarm, her presence of mind returned. She felt that she had 'her self cut off all means of escape by the door, and was left entirely to -her own resources. Without uttering a cry,. but trembling in every limb, the poor woman got into the, bed by the side of her child. An idea-a plan had suggested itself. It had flashed through her brain like lighting. It was the only chance left. Her bed was so disposed that the robber could only get from beneath it by a narrow aperture at the head without making a noise ; and it was probable that he would choose, from prudence this means of exit. There was no curtain in the way. Mrs. Martin, with terrible decision and noiseless energy, made a running knot in her silk scarf, and held it poised over the aperture by which her enemy was to make his appearance. She had resolved to strangle him' in defence of her own life and that of her child. The position was an awful one ; and pro bably, had she been able to direct her atten tion to the surrounding circumstances,' she might have given way to her fears, and en-. deavored to raise the house by screams. 'The fire on the hearth, unattended to, had fallen abroad, and now gave only a dull, sullen light, with an occasional bright gleam. Every ob ject in the vast apartment glowed with a-rest less emotion. Now and then a mouse ad vanced stealthily along the floor, but, startled b~y some movement under the bed, went scour ing back ini terror to its hole. The child breathed steadily in its unconscious. repose ; the mother endeavored also to 'imitate slum ber, but the man under the bed, uneasy in his position, could not avoid occasionally making a noise. Mrs. Martin was occupied with only two ideas. First she reflected on the extraordina ry delusion by which she had been led to see enemies in the people of the house, and a friend in the red-haired man; and secondly, it struck her that, as he could fear no resitance from a woman, he might push away th~e chairs that were in the way, re gardless of the noise, and thus avoid the snare that waslaid forhim. Once, even,she thought that, whilst her attention was atrongly di rected to one spot, he had made hisexit, and was leaning over her ; but she was deceived by.a flickering shadow on the opposite wall. In reality there was no danger that he would compromise the succes of big sanguinary en terprize; the shrieks of a victim put on its guard might alarm the house. Haivp you ever stood, hour after hour, with your fishing-rod in hand, waiting, with the ferocious patience of an angler, for a nibble ? ff you have, you have some faint idea of the state of mind in which Mrs. Martin-with Ifar other interests at stake-passed the time, until an old clock on the chimney-piece told oneafter midnight. Another source of aux iety now presented itself-the fire had nearly burnt ~out. Her dizzy eyes could scarcely see the floor, as she bent with fearful atten tion over the head of the bed-.the terrible noose hanging, like the sword of Damocles, above the gloomy aperture. "What," she thought, "if he delay his appearance until the light has completely died away?7 Will it not then be impossible for me to adjust the scarf-to do the deed-to kill this assassin to save myself and my child. Oh, God ! deliver him into my hands !' A cautious movement below-the dragging of hands and knees along - the floor-a heavy suppressed breathing-announced that the supreme moment was near at hand. Hecr I white arms were bared to the shoulder; her -hair fell wildly around her face, like the manes of a lioness about to leap upon its -prey ; the distended orbits of her eyes glared down.upon the spot where the question of life and death was to be so soon decided. Time seemed immeasurably lengthened out, every second assumed the proportions. of an -hour. But at last, just as all lines and, forins began to float before her sight thtengh an indistinct medium of blende liht and dark ness, a black mass interpsdbetween'her eyes and the floor. Suspense being over, the Itime of action havig arrived, every thing to pass with magical rpdty. Thbber tirust his heazaniously fow r s.'a Martie bntdAm., The sena kab'aaa. the sound of a knife falling on the floor. convulsive struggle. Pull! pull! pull! h Martin heard nothing-saw nothing but scarf passing over the head of the bed.betwi her two naked feet. She had half thro herself back, and .holding her scarf with b her hands, pulled with desperate enei for her life. The conflict had bezun; i one or- the other must perish. The rob] was a powerful man, and made.furious effo to get loose, but in vain. Not a sou escaped from his lips-not a sound from h( The dreadful tragedy was acted in silence. *. * * * * e "Well, Mother Guerard," cried a yoI man, leaping out of a carriage that stopj before the door of the auberge next mornir "what news have you for me ? Has I mother arrived ?" "Is it your mother 7" replied the landla who seemed quite good-humored after I night's rest. 1" There is a lady up st& waiting for some friends; but she does speak French easily, and seemed unwilling talk. We could scarcely persuade her to to bed." -"Show mo the room ?" cried Arthur, rt ning into the house. They soon arrived before the door. "Mother ! mother I" cried he, but receiv no answer. " The door is only latched, for we have robbers in this part of the-country," said t landlady. But a formidable obstacle opposed tb entrance. They became alarmed, especial when they heard the shrieks of the little gi and burst-open the door. The first object that presented itself v the face of the robber, violently upturn from beneath the bed, and with protrudi: tongue and eyeballs; the next was the for of Mrs. Martin, in the position in which i had left her. She was still pulling with bo hahds at the scarf, and glaring wildly towar the head of the bed. The child had throv its arms around her neck, and was cryin, but she paid no attention. The t6rror of th dreadful night had driven her mad. An Amusing Letter. Ilev. Francis C. Johnson, well known this community, now residing at Micanop East Florida, writes the following lacon letter to the Editor of the Marietta (Ga Advdcate, in which the reader will find mut that is original and interesting. MicAxory, EAST FLORIDA, May 3d, 1859. MR. Hu.T-Dear Sir:-I have been thin ng sometime of sending you two things, 1st, :wo-dollar note, in payment for your excellei ournal. This I know, will be acceptable-il leed-what man is there, that eats and wea1 thes. who is not pleased when he receivf aving a vocation im ' t I ai in none more than in this,"that they are ofte badly paid; laboring, as they are for the pul ic d, are often the last to let 'd., f< ;ht-Thiszom '-ierhoul as it i,-n-some---r*r "whatever is, is right," which certainly is ni true, or if it be true, why then I wish sever 'hings that are right (since they are) we ivrong. However, this is a very abstruse at anprofitable subject and is not at all what started to write about. The other thin, which I have been intending to send you is communication tbout Florida,-1 mean Ea Florida. But before I come to said con unication-now I know you will think th is a very rambling, incoherent and disjointe piece to print-(you can just not print it, yc know if you please.) Grant it, friend, but am a preacher, and an extemporaneous preac or, a poor preacher and poorly paid preachei such: a man may be allowed to wander, and not, who may.?-I was going to ask you you ever read Persius, that witty fellow, wi declares in his prologue, that it was not fro: the Muses-and Parnassns &c.,-that he dre his inspiration. No, indeed. -Well whei then '1 Hear him: MAagister artis, ingenluiqu~e largitor vente negatas artifex seqgu coces. The note upon this excellent passaget sail itmeans, " A hungry belly giveth s iii .at power, which nature had denied.- "and illa trates the meaning ,by the proverb "MuJ docet fames," which also. te Greeks ha " Pollon o limos, gignetai didaskcalos." I commentators then understand Persius to as that lack'of victuals produceth a superabui lanee of knowledge and genius. He thi lacks money must therefore lack somethingi eat-Editors and Preachers ought to ha' knowledge andabilities in great plenty. Dot pay them; then they will be starved ; at then they will be full of knowledge and poi er. Now I think this horrid interpretation< Persius,having become widely diffused throua the community, has been the cause why , are neglected, when pay day comes. There never was a greater mistake the " empty stomach, full! head," " weak stomacl strong brains,"-I know it jall history provy it is a mistake. For see: civilized nations ai better fed than savage. Compare the Englia who eat beef and the French who eatfrop Which nation hath better laws, relig'on, art morals ? which stronger men ? et Agia court, Cressy, Poiceera, Waterloo answt Compare the Revolution of the Hun~ French, with the Revolution of the Beef E ig English. Compare our glorious Republic in any re pect and every respect with any and all con: tries, ancient and modern. Sir, tvictua abound in this country, good substantial vi tuals. Hence a religious, a ensible, a goc people. No sir, Persius hath been misunde stood. If I could think he meant what :h commentators make him out, I should bm him, I should. Examine his words; he sait1 enter, i. e. stomach, magister artis, &c., thi Deans is master or teacher of art, gua, ani argitor, bestowcer, ingenaui, of genius. Whi ort of aventer t Yacuus aut plensa I s plainly afull stomach, a full stomach-the an a'man think, or work, or write, or apes -not an empty stomach, from the cavernoa lpths of which issue low, muttering, -gra bling voices, as much as to say " fill me." Let me conclude then by exhorting thepal lie to amend their ways in this thing. Is; lort thee, oh' good (not so very good, M~ Editor) public, which readeth the paper, at isteneth to the sermon ; Pay the editor ai pay the preacher, and you will have less faui Sfi d with them. But enough. East Florida. What about it ? Why it ne of the best countries in the world. 1. It is healthy, remarkably so. In tb respect I find the country to he what I did ni xpect it to prove. But Mr. Editor, this is wrg healthy country. I do not hesitatei say that it is a healthier country than upp georgia and that Micanopy is healthier thei Narietta. 2. Why do we hear so muecl then of chi ad fever ? Answer, because you are so fa aff. When I lived in Marietta I well recollel hat a gentleman from near Augusta, wi fo.red by his business te vtsit Marietta a ce ain summer. Now sir, this gentleman we la trepidation for his health,. and had bee warnpd by his wife to mnake his stay as sho s possible, becanse of the great siekliness Niarietta. He thought it dangerous to I there. Nowrsir I lived there, and did ni M.. aiktnanh. uaUqnI yoauat1 -a hear about a place, or a man; get far off. If [r&. you lived here you would rarely hear of any the sickness. wen -3. This country is still a new country, but wn rapidl filling up and improving. )th d. this communication I wished especi -gy ally to speak to poor men, who have no ne ind groes, and to small farmers.. Many think a Jer white man cannotlabor in Florida, and others rts think, they ought to have a large force to'make nd a move here profitable. rs. 5. It is infinite folly, and a most sad mis take to think a white man cannot labor here and enjoy health. There aremanyexamples in this ve2' respect, og of families, who have not a sin le ave, wio ed raise cotton, corn and sugar. They are the g HEALTHIEST people, just as they are the ny world over. . God inade man to work-10,000 curses and woes are decreed to him that will not work, and God- made the world and East er Florida for man, aye white man to work in it 's all lawful works. He who ploughs and hoes tot all day in Florld, will be as healthy for doing to so here, as he that does so in Cobb. I liave 90 hoed-an entire day here and expect to do it many a d yet. I wish Mr. Editor you were in- near enough that I might send yo"a sample of my splendid Roses, and Strawberries. The surest sign of an incorrigible fool, man or wo od manisto thinkwork, divine workandthatin the Sun--glorious day's God-under the magnifi no cent cope of heaven, will kill the he Let the poor man come and get im a piece . of land and work it, and let his children work, nr and he will have peace, plenty and health. SA poor man can dig more out the ground here rl, than in Cobb. Let me tell you. A man living rithin three miles of Micanopy, who as now owns slaves and is rapily getting rich d -started some years ago in this county. 0g Himself and wife (a man, Mr. Editor, ought m to have a wife i. e. a woman that can work ve and will work. N. B. when a man gets a th preacher to marry him, he ought always to da pay him a fee, as good as he can.- I married n several while I lived in Marietta who never t pid me. I never knew a man to do well who at d not pay me for marrying. I ha mar ried several in Florida, all have paid u., and $10 is the least fee I have r.eceib d.) This man and his wife started, with no pro perty but themselves. That man one year sold cotton $500, corn and potatoes $200; $700 he made by his own unaided labor, dug it from the ground; can a man do that in i Cobb ? I saw that man this past Winter on. his way to market; three four-horse wagons were carrying a part of his cotton to market. ic I could easily explain why you sometimes ) hear accounts differing from mine. I wvill wte Again- F. C. JOHNSON. Woman. . A crabbed acquaintance of ours has -just a repeated to us, "Frailty, thy name is woman." it We were trying to get him to call with us o, 2. a very beautiful lady of our acquaintance o He is a scholar, a wit,. and.a gentleman, an. s yet dares to repeat that villainous line inot n hearing. Alas for him! we fear he is pa.' n 'jlaimininiu. We cannot conceive why - t' - or deffe t Woman is not more variable than r I Her constancy has stood the test of fire, e blood, and torment, in thousands of instai d and shall she be called fickle ? We verily I believe that woman's friendship is infinitely more disinterested, infinitely more pure than a man's. She will follow her lover through st weal and wo-through evil report and good i- report-through poverty, through sorrow, is and misery, and death. She will love him in id his sin, and in his glory, and in his shame, u and in his degradation ; and she will bind I him the closer to her heart, as lie falls the h- lower. Will man do so ? No-let but the *; breath of evil report din the brightuess of if the pure name of that being whom he loves, if let her sin but once,.and he will forsake her io forever. Will he love her in abuse and ill m treatment ? But suppose she'- coquet, and w trifle with the affections of the worthy? 7IHas r she not been taught'by example ? Howv many hearts have broken and bled to death r, when forsaken by man l How many women have given their whole affections away, and th poured out their whole hearts upon a lover, Ld and then been forsaken! How often have at - tentions been offered to gratify vanity, and la to please pride! How often? Alas! who id shall answer the question?7 tyA Genuine Document. n- The following letter from an Igishman in it this country, was handed a few months ago t to the editor of the Batavia Spirit of the re Times, by a venerable Irish gentleman, with t permission to make it public. 'The letter is d superscribed as follows: To my wife at Tim Flatherty's h - In Ireland. e If gone to be forwarded .May the two-1859. SMy dear Judy I commenced this letter yesterday. If it a does not come to hand you. may allow that I am not bere but gone to Quebec. '[ell Barney hthat his brothers family is all dead entirely 'barrin the cow. God bleea her-IPd write syou more but as there is no way of sending :thia I will just let it go as it in-Remember me yur prayers, and to all the Flather. Sty's. No more at present from your husband if' alive Thady O'Riley, and If dead, God& rest his soul,..P.8.--It this letter docs'nt r-each :you just let me know by return of Post and dmne agait for another until you hear from C- kno aghobu rite me immediately and let d kno howyour coming on. N. B. I have altered my mind and won't -send this letter after all, so you can answer ior not at all just as it plaze you-Give my 'love to the children-When you come to the enad of this letter don't read any more of it, Sbut just answer, by the first office yours until Sdeath, and after, if not before tYour own ThAdy O'Riley As in duty bound I ought to be. k " THE Or.n PaxNRz.-We were guilty of aa grave omission; last week, which we regret very much-we omitted to mention that we had been visited by that very eccentric and Ssingular old man, Mr. Stephen T. Singletery, one of the oldest printers in the United States, r' and, perhaps, the meet indefatigable pedes d trian in the world. As far as constant tray d eling is concerned, he is the " Old Mortality" It of printers. He never stops longer thian a few days in one place-he will not stop lon is ger--and is the guest of the craft -wherever she sojourns. -*He has traveltld thronigh nearly ievery State in' th'e Union-perhaps alL of t them-and mostly on foot.~ He was in Caha a bain 1851-2, and since then has lost an eye O in Indiana or Illinois. He is anative of South ir Carolina, and is 67 years old. We believe .n he has kept a journal of his wanderings, and if the old man should die before us. (and long 11 may he live !) we would lhke to be his litera ir ry executor. In 1836 or '37, Professor lHen t ry Junius Nott, of South Carolina, wrote add is published a work called the "Adventures .of r- Thomas Singularity," of whlchMr..Singltr s was the hero. - ltr in The " old man" left us last Mondaf week. rt for Selma.-Cahaba-(Ala.) Gazette,10th inst. a "rm particularly uneasy on this point" as at the By aidwhenfhhe boystack. him An the C leston Normal School. As this 'e hope, destined to be a fixed and valu institution, anything relative to it will be resting, at least to those who may, if t so .desire, be .the recipients of its advan and benefits. The fo. wig letter from its chief prop and support marked. ".private" by its distin gmshed' hor; it contains information on Na' im at tubject, and bence we take the liberty d' enting it to our readers, trusting that the thor will pardon the liberty, when he reme that it is taken in order that the caus of education, of which he is so warm an nerous an-advocate, may be ad vanced. . We -no further comment except to advise ev one to a careful perusal, for which th will be amply repaid.- Winnsboro Register. CHARLESTON, June, 1859. MY D iSm: You are quite right in say ing that are engaged in an experiment of very grea interest to the community. For your ormation as a friend of education, I will: you some additional particulars which m .interest.you. For ast four -years I have given myself to theim ment of our State and city edu cation, 'Southern man, with all my'inter. eats and lings with the State, I desired to. see her ople well educated. With great difficlty . made a fair start with Charles ton; tiu 'ith 'reat mortification I found, af ter weep the children and the money to edu them, we could not .procure the teache ur girls are so badly educated in the. midd walks of life, and our young men all consi teaching a mere employment by the a t we were much embarrassed. Tor y the difficulty, we opened a school to teach r teachers on Saturday, while they taught . ir pupils the rest of the week. But this was slow that our pupils overtook their teachers, nd itis a singular fact that some of our best achers now are those who have been t 'in our own school, under two ladies w i we brought from New York. This led to. perceive the absolute necessity of reari teachers; and our Normal School has bee 'iuded for that purpose. More. an one-half the money which built it, has n contributed by our citizens. Now the qu on came up, how was it-to be con ducted?'If -we could have found a person in the Sta willing and competent to take charge Of. it incipal, we would gladly have elected i a NormalSchool is unknown aiuiong e needed some one acquainted with its ement. There being no one here, [ we land canvassed every city from Rich inond,; h, and found the man we wanted in a a in Boston-a man who has proved himself ery way fitted for the situation. .Your rrespondent seems not to be aware that B a contains various setts. of men, some o hom sympathize with us as much --in who are born out of the slave re whoi we have selected than us. prpose. We are a free trauu .--, complain that we are compelled to take inferi r or dearer commodities by' Governirent ta rilfs. Surely it would be best to make our selves as speedily independent as possible by raining among ourselves the best teachers i the shortest time. It seems to me your correspondent might as well send to Florida or New Orleans for ice, instead of Boston. I writeyou this long letter hoping to inter st you i:1 noble cause more full , and offer ng you any further information in my pos ession. Very truly yours, C. G. MEMMLNGER. GEN. GAiRIALD.-Tbe portraits of Gari baldi are in every window and at. every print stall in -ardinia, generally seen placed be teen those' of Napoleon III and Victor EmanueL. The favorite costume of the guerilla hero is a cloak worn a a.I Byron ; but instead of the Calabrian visage which one epects to see, with swarthy skidn and~ long, flating locks,.Garibaldi is said to be almost fair inceomplexion, and of a aom what dreamy xpression 'of coutenance. His popularity s as unbounded as his brivery is indispu able. " All who have ever visit'ed him," says ne writer, " pronounce him to be every inch a gentleman. His soldiers follow him with nbounded confidence, and lie is himself al ways the first under fire. All are anxious to serve wiih him, but Garabaldi is nice in the hoice of his men. Such is the prestige at ached to his name that 4000 young men of Brecia are enrolled and ready to march and join him the moment he-appears. His integ rity is unquestionable and his loyalty perfect. He wil not permit the smallest breach of' :iscliline, and his severity in this respect is such that, when organizing his little army at Savigliano, he was wit~h difficulty prevailed pon not to order a volunteer to bo shot for stealing a ring worth three francs." Tnttct og A Hoasa Tatzv.-...-An old inan, who gave his name as Moore, stopped in 'this placet a week or two ago, putting tip at the Mladison House. After a day or two's stay, e gave out that he wished to pay a visit to some relations, whom he said lived in Frank in country, Tenn. With this seeming inteni tion (and his age did not permit of suspicion f rascality), he applied at the livery stable f Mr. W. B. Lloyd, for a horse and buggy for the purpose, stating that he would return in a few days. -The vehicle was promptly furnish d him, and he left on his proposed trip, leav ng, we may add, a week's board bill at the hotel unpaid. His return was delayed day after day, until his absence began to excite sspicion ; and at last it became evident that e did not intend to return at all. Mr. Lloyd, with a party of friends, then started in- pur mit, and they traced the old rascal to Decherd on the N. and C. Railroad, at which place he ad sold the horse~ and -buggy to Is resident here, and himrelf' made off to parts unknown. he property was proved and brought home. -Huntsville (Ala.) Independent. IDOL, WoasHIP IN CAL.IFoRNIA.-The Su rmo Court of California has decided that dol-worship is not forbiddlen by the Consti ution. Tihe case was that of Eldridge vs. he See Yup Company, wherein the plaintiff attempted to get possession of the Asylum rected by the Chinese Company. Among he plaintiff's averiments was one that the rusteeship under which the Company holds was void, because the building was erected or the purpose of being used partly for idol vorship. The Supreme Court says: There s no force in the objection, that a trust, cre ted for the purpose of idol-worship, is void. [nder our Constitution, all men are permit ted the free exerciseof their religious opinion, rovided it does not involve the commission f a public offence;- nor can any distinction b made in law between the Christian or Jew, Mahomedan or heathen. The Courts ave no power to determine that this or that rm of religious or superstitious worship '- yaa prhibited bylav-is ~sis ' .ram a. - ' Hard Luck. - The Charleston Mercury (a responsible journal) is responsible for the followinig ac count of a fishing excursion recently enjoyed (?) by some of our Hamburg friends: FIsHING.-A party of gentlemen from Elam burg projected a fishing excursion to the Ed isto river a few days since. Lines, books, bait, e c., were duly provided and packed, with a reasonable allowance of liquids to wet the bait, in a champagne basket. The liquids were in square bottles. Square bottles pack snugly and a champagne basket is precisely the most conven ent receptacle fur their de. posit. Nothing had been forgotten and the party looked forward with the most pleasurea. ble,emotions to the excitement of the excur sion, loads of fish and a good time generally. Without delay, they entrusted themselves to the care of Jim Meredith, the popular and widely known conductor on the South Carolina Railroad. Especial charge was given the baggage master with reference to the basket in which all their hopes and future fish were stored. Meredith is a model conductor; none more attentive, more polite and accommoda. ting than he; and he took this party particu larly under his care. He attended to their basket personally, placed it in the most se cure spot, and, being informed of their desti nation, made the trip of the most pleasant character to the excursionists. The best seats in the train were allotted them and the latest newspapers brought for their entertainment while the cars sped swiftly on. At the depot nearest their destination, they were bidden farewell with every wish for their success. The precious basket was deposited behind a carriage in which the party had ta ken passage to the river. The distance was short, but they were none the less impatient, for the heat of the day was approaching, and they longed to prepare for fishiing by testingthe quality of their stores. The river was reached and carefully the basket was unlashed from the carriage, and a clean, grassy spot, shaded by a magnificent tree, selected for the bironac. The basket was opened, when sfeterunt comae, et vox faucilms hesit, no tackle was there, no square bottles, none of their treas ures; but the cold and uninviting body of a dead baby, and a negro baby at that! In their haste they had taken the wrong basket; had seized, taken and carried away a basket in transitu for burial. They had added to the grief of disconsolate parents, and instead of stanching had increased the mourners' tears. Slowly and sadly they drove back to the depot, a heavy pall resting upon their spirits to think that their fish were en route for Char- 1 leston with their basket. They despatched the basket in their posses sion to Charleston, and took the first west ward train; first ascertaining that it was not I Meredith's train. Upon their return to Ham. I burg, they told not the tale, but quietly separa ted, each to his several quarters. Nevert:e less the story leaked out, and Las been told in t Charleston. 0 ot public printing, fur malfeasaneu i. Tire District Court has adjourned till Decern ber, and, meantime, a process will be issued fur the arrest of the accused. The contract for carrying the mail- between New Orleans and Key West, and a semi ruonthly service, has been re-let to the Southern Steamship Company. They receive sixty-nine thousand dollars per annmni, or eleven thousand dollars less than'heretorbre. The comnpanay agree to extend the trip to Havana, the postage to be the only compen sation. The Post office Department regards the story of~ the use of fraudulent stamps as one got up to create a feeling in favor of the use of stamped envelopes. It is not believed that any fraudulent stamps hive been imposed upon the Department; or can be. The Department is engaged in lopping off the wor.t cases of non-paying mail. routes but the partizan charge that certain Southern States are exemipted froni the retrenching process, is denounced as unfounded. WHIAT OUR Fourr.N MrIISver~s Trxg. It is stated that despatchies have been receiv ed at the State Departmient, Washington, brought.by the Asia from our ministers at London, Fratnce and Spain. Mr?. Dallas states that great activity pre vails in Enigland throughout all the various departments, and wvarlike preparations of i mnense magnitude are being prosecuted with vigor and urgency. Never, he says were such preparations made by any power as are now going on. Every thing that can float upon water is now undergoing repair and will soon he in readiness for active service. Unparul kledl activity prevails in all the British dock yards; indeed, it is the opinion of leading statesmen that, should the war continue, England will not long remain neutral. She fears France, and looks upon the Emperor with a jealonA eye. Mr. Mason says that the Emperor has a stronger hold uipon~ the affectione of the pee ple of Prancc thian he ever had before, and they evince a determination to stand by him at (Ell hazards, and .prosecute the war to the bitter end. Mr. Preston states that considerable feeling was manifested at Madrid growing ont of the belligerent aspect of affairs throughout Eu rope. The sympathies of the people are with Sardinia, and the Emperor's course meets with the hearty approval of the people. TH-E "AFRICAN SUPPLY AssocIATroN." In the course of some very wholesome re marks upon this new invention to disturb the peace of the country, the New Orleans Picayune very justly remarks: " Perhaps it is wise in the present state of Southern opinion and the unpropitious aspect ofSouthern questions before Congress and the country, to miake a new issue of this sort among ourselves, to array conflicting opinions against each other on a question which in cludes so many opposite interests among Southern men, and which will array States against States as well as classes, against clas ses'; but it is not generally thought to be so, and the conflict to which we are invited by these preparations to carry on a crusade of prosely tism and dictation, will not drive that opinion out of the minds of the great body of reflecting men of the South. It is a fire brand for domestic contention, thrown in when we most need a united public opinion and a consolidated front against the common enemy." ANinAt SAOAcIT.-A gentleman removed from this District last Fall to Florida, taking with him a dog on the Cars to Charleston, where he kept him closely confined for a wveek, and from there on board a steamboat to Flori da. After remaining in Florida for a week or ten days, the dog left, and made his way over land back to this District. This is the most remarkable instance of animal sagacity we re member to have heard of, and is fully attested ka entleman oiafhahighant reantahiiy. English Cotton Supply Association. A meeting of this body took place at Man chester, on the 10th ult., Mr. John Cheetham! President, in the chair. He stated& that the exports from India were not very encouraging, and lie depended greatly on the supply from the West Coast of Africa. The executive committee's report was to the following effect: Upwards of two thousand communications have been received, including correspondence with various departments of- Her Mlajesty's government, the Indian Council, Her Majes ty's consuls in foreign countries, the depart ments of government in India, the chamber. of commerce and the agricultural societies ii the three presidencies of Iudia, the Kandi Agricultural Society in Ceylon, the Gold Coast Agricultural Society, the President v: Liberia, the government of Greece, and .a large number of persons either promoters of companies for the growth of cotton, or landei proprietors in various countries, all of which communcations have been considered and replied to. Grants of cotton seed, from one bag to tw< hundred each, have been made and forwarder, chiefly to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Hydera had, Ahmedabe , and Malabar, in India; Ceylon, Singapore; Sydney, in Australia: Savanilla and Baranquilla. in South America: Sonsonate, Belize and San Miguel, in Britisi. Honduras; Guatemafa, Cuba, .amaica and Hayti, in the West Indies ; Tunis, Lagos. Fernando Po, Sierra Leone, Cape Coast Cas tle, Cameroons, Bossessame, Monrovia anm Natal, in Africa; Macedonia, Aleppo, Jalffil Sidon, Kaiffa, Broussa, Salonica, Serres, Con stantinaple and Messina; and also to Attica. Argolide, Messinie Laconta, Arcadi , Achaia Phthiotis, Eubma, Cyclades, and the Agricul ural School in Greece. Grants of cotton -ins also have been made md forwarded, chiefly to Bembay, Hyderabad tad Ahmedabad, in fadia; Kandy, in Ceylon. Batavia; Singapore; Sydney, in Australia. he South Sea Islands; Peru, in South Ameri :a; Sonsonate aud Belisle, in-British Hondu as; Tunis, Morocco, Abbeokuta, Lagos, Cape 3oast Castle, Cape Palmas, Sierra Leone an' "ameroous, in Africa; Dardanelles; Larnaca; 3roussa and Athens. Cotton presses have also been sent to Cape oast Castle, and your committee are under romise to furnish cotton gins, presses and nachinery to a considerable amount to Lagos, 'ape Coast Castle, and other places. The Government of Liberia having taker ip the subject of cotton cultivation, your com ittee have offered gold and silver medals aid prized, amounting to ?25 per annum, for btr years, to the most successful cultivators ii that republic, gold, silver and copper medals ave also been provided, as grants to other ountries. It is gratifying to observe that tho action of his association has stimulated the formation f companies for the groAvth of cotton in dif rent quartess of the world. -Public .c o tbir deputation when in Lonoon, II -lairy last, that the plans they have in pro ess for increasing our mupplie. of Indian ottun, in spite of the varied obstacles to be onteided with, will not only be the ineans of nereasinig our imports, but will greatly im rove the staple. Fronm the west coast of Africa, your com ittec? are of opinion that the export of cotton rill very rapielly increase. * * A frica ids fh'ir, in a few years, to rival our best UreCs of suplyV atnd your committee would. irge upon every nierchant and cotton-spinmer he importance of giving the utmost encour gement to this rapidly rising commerce of ~he West Coast. * * * * The last valuable communication with hichi vour committee has been favored -idi ~ates tihat the cotton fields of the world may e regarded as almost illimitable. Her Ma esty's Consunl to the Fejee Islands has arrived ni this country, bringing witti him samples of nost excellent cottoit, rangtug in value from .;d. to 12d. -p'r pound. Ttiis cotton, which as been senit by the goverinment for the mn pection of this isociation, grows indign. is y inl wildl luxuriance, and its clearnes,, length ndl strength of staple commend it as admira ly adapted to the spinning and manufactura ng wants of this district. The Mobile Regist'r condemns the wihole f th~e Kansas agitation as useless nonsense, nd defines the true pulicf of the Slave pow r as follows: "Whben a new tropical territory is to be ettled, and the South has got the slavesi to ettle it with, all the powers of A bolition,and f Exeter and Faneuil Halls, cannot prevenm t. Until that time comes we are wasting oder on a man of straw and making our elves and our cause ridiculous. We have lid bombast enough on this :-ubject, and it is ngh time to take practical and comnmon-Pxense, iews of it. Nobodly denies that we have a ri/#4 to go into the territories with slavee, bt it is a right that, under existing circum tances, is not worth a puff of cigar smoke.I We cannot avail ourselves of it, and this for easons forever aside from A bolition theories,' ongressional legislation, or absurd and false issues of "Squatter Sovereignty." Our policy s to increase our supplies of negro labor, and o look to tropical regiors as the arena of Ur future struggles for industrial extension nd politicalstrength. All the rest is 'leather ad prunella'-mere words, words, words.'.' CAPT. BoNAPARTE~, or BALTJiOR.--It 1s eorted in Paris that Capt. Jerome Bons arte, formerly of Baltimore, was in command f the Chasseurs at the battle of Montebello, ;d did wonders of valor, cutting down two ungarian hussars of the regiment of Prince harles, of Bavaria, with his own hand. ut no official confirmation of this fact has ppeared. It is not, however, improbable, as :he captain was on redonnoitering service in :hat part of the country at the time of the attle. SLAVE TRADE ON THE Cc'a OAST. eferring to a " rumor," mentioned by the ampa Peninsular, that a cargo of slaves-had ecently been landed on the Florida coast, :he Mobile Tribune, of Tuesday, says:. We are informed that Madame Rumor has old the truth in this case. A cargo of tfricans was recently landed on the coast of rorida, and some of the barbarians are at his moment not far from Mobile. TrHERE appears to be a growing feeling in outh Carolina, in favor, of the establishment if a Penitentiary in that State. The public tentiment there is-becoming aroused against be barbarity of applying capital punishment crimes other than murder. We hope that oblio sentiment will be respected, and that h legisateire will obey the voice of the peo Prom the Carolinian, 14th inst. Death of Chancellor Dargan. At length the long, lingering, hope of the. State for the recovery of this disting'ished citizen has been termninated by his.death on Sunday night, at the residence of Mrs. Quig ley, of this place. . Last summer while. the State was in solemn consultation, loo~dng around upon her distinguished sons from whom to select a worthy successor to. the a mented Judge Evans, Chancellor Dargan's name was prominently mentioned. The idea had taken fast hold upon the public mind, and there can be little doubt that nothing would have prevented his election to the United States Senate, but the consideration of his ioss to the Chancery bench, and the difficulty if finding a successor equally competent. .About the latter part of October, in the midst ,f this indecision, while the State was hesita, ring in its choice, and deliberately pondering the relative services of suc-u a son, first its known value on the bench, then its probable value at so important .and responsible a po litical station as that of United States.Sena .or, the sad and startling intelligence was an nounced that he had been suddenly paralyed oy disease, and that his solid int'llect would tever again constitute a portion of her relia ble resources. From that time his condition, chbugh often inspiring the hope of restoration to usefulness, was never such as to enable him ro discharge his duties. His disease still con tinued its attack until on Sunday night, when he spirit was disengaged from its earthly enerent and returned to its Creator.. Chancellor Dargan has long occupied posi tinus of responsibility and trust. For a numr er of years he filled with great credit to him. <lf and satisfaction to the public, the office ,f Commissioner in Equity for Darlington District 1838, he was re elected; but having ieen during the summer of 1842 clectedState ienator to fill the vacancy created by the re iignation of the Hon. W. H. Cannon, his ii :ellect was brought more conspicuously before the State. His career as a Senator was states. nanly and dignified. His clear and sound udgment. combined with- his legal acquire nents, soon nrahieved position for him in the senate as-the Chairman of the Judiciary Com-. nittee. In December, 1847, he wak elevated >y tie Legislature to fill the vacancy on the 3handery bench, as the successor of Chancel or Harper. This office he held to the day of lis death. He was born in 1802, and there. bre was in the fifty-eighth year of his age. Chancellor Dargan has been intimately onnected with the history of our State Col. ege, being for ye.ars, in virtue of his office of hancellor, one of its trustees. Being a grad ate he was animated by all the devotion of a rue and. dutiful son. He was* of the gradua ing class (f 1821. In politics, he was of the strictest State ights school, having been an active partief nator in the famous nulification contest. His e th is a public calamity and diflicul, indeed, ill be the task of supplying his place. Death as again visited our high places and exacted *L~jnQ~'raq to. hne .n!.W Uonwmuon meets at Yortville, on Puesday right before the first Wednesday in lugust, it being the second day in the month. It is de.sirable that all the Bible Societies in :he State should be represented. Will you i!ease have a meeting of your Executive Com ittee called at an eariy day, and appoint at ast live dt-legates to the Conveition; and rge thema to attend, and donme with brief eports. All the railro'ads in the State have greed to pas delegattes to the Convention, o and fro, for one fare. There is an arrange nent by which the clergymen are passed 'ver the South Carolina Railroad for one fare wen they are officeially engaged. A com-. nittce of arrangements has beeii appointed by he Yorkile Bible Society, and ample pro ison will doubtless be made for all who may tend. Thbose who live below Yorkville- had etter comec up on the 1st, so as to be pre ent on the, 2d of August. Timpormant miatte'r will be brought before he Convenition. iamse t ee that- your Soce y Is repirt-sented it hout1 sl. Yours truly, E. A. BOLLES, PRIvTr. ELROPF.Ax Anywc~s TO GERMAN IARcHNTs.-It is said That Germnan mner hants of the city of New York &mre in -poe essin of private advices which render it ertain that Prussia and Germany will im neiately join Austria in her struggle with rance. Theso advices, it is asserted, are roma persons in the confidence of the govern nent, and are regarded as trustworthy. Perhaps, savs the New York Evening Post, t is largely duo to thepr traditional hatred of he Blonapartes that t Ibe *ympathy of tho Germans of the city ini hia-a, Austriaseems o be general and coru~ida. A. - n instance, oe of them, a young and a. ' ay merchant isa already made arangements n. ag.' by -the mxt steamer, and enlist in the ,srvice.- He ~ays his family were massecied by Napoleon , andl lie will have revenge upem hikeuccessor. A VENERAJIJlLE PEDEsaTA.--YTesterday mn old man fell doivn npon the~ pavement in te upper part of Broad street. A gentleman a.iig by took biam into a house near, and ent for a physician, supposing him -to be ying. Hkeoon recovered;~ andr being refresh d by a cup of tea stated that his name Hirant Shultz, brother of the late Henry Shultz, of' amburg ; that he had walked fourteen miles hat morning, carrylng his trunk, weighing ixty-five pounds, and h~ad been prostrated b eat and fatigue.- lHe stated that he belonge n Kentucky, near Lexington, and :had been o Florida with an idea of settling, but found Florida too hot, and 'was on his way back to Kentucky. Hie had been injured by. a rail oad accident a few weeks since, and conse luently, preferred to walk rather than trust is life in a- rail road car. Hie said that he ad money enough, though looking so old elt young, and that lie had a brother living oe hundred and four years old. The ap earance of the old man was very respectable ad truthful.-Augusta Dispatch. - "What are you talking about?" -asked a nember during the debate on the money "Telg-"was the reply. - " Theology!I why, I thought it was the oney question I" "Well money is their deity, and they are liscoursing about it." A .IUnlcloUs PaEMUu.-The last number of the Winnsboro J!egister contains the premium list of the Fairfield- Agricultnral iSociety. [nder the head of shee~p there is- a premian f ten dellars offered for the largest number f scalps of dogs killed by one person" durin the year 1859. We areglada to see so decide. demonstration of syniathy with this impor at feature of dondtic economy and &tate welh. t ~ ivi fair plyad a